Grand Strategy of Stalin's Empire (Part Two: 1941-1953)

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[ApostolicMajesty]

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[EliteBuildingCompany]

A royal rumble of history bros. Thanks gentlemen, excellent stream.

[SCjunk]

1:02 Don't want to come across as a pedant but Gudarian had no "big Cats" in 0ctober November 1941 -his tanks back then were Pz III with maximum 30 to 50 mm armour and a short 5cm gun. the "big Cats" didn't appear until December 1942 and in numbers in July 1943 at Kursk.

[dianedylan]

Great stuff, thanks to all the panelists.

[Ensor-Doone]

AM can you do the later Soviet Empire of the 60s and 70s

[scarletpimpernel]

A magnificent discussion-thanks to all.

[Medhead]

Great series many thanks for making this. Will you do a series focused on Stalin's domestic policies, particularly on how faithful he was to communist doctrine domestically and how the economics of the soviet union worked in practice, particularly its banking system (Gosbank) and how its model may have parallels to the contemporary world with the immenent introduction of CBDCs

[RememberingWW]

This discussion was absolutely profound and these guys are all intellectual Titans.

[KissSlowlyLoveDeeply-pmje]

You have to respect the Soviet Union for being able to absorb the German attack in 1941. The Wehrmacht was arguably at its peak then, with the most experienced officers, the most fully manned mechanized divisions with reserves. The losses in eastern Europe makes the rest of the WW2 theatres seem small by comparison.

[medicorene]

I love your videos so much, thank you for sharing these conversations.

[sillygoose]

If the 'Stalin ran from his responsibility' story is true, it was almost certainly an Ivan IV style retreat to force the inner circle to rally to him.

[jeffclark]

In 1952 Stalin was informed by his personal physician, Dr. Vinogradov, that Stalin should reduce his workload. Stalin shortly thereafter ordered that Dr. Vinogradov be incarcerated in the cellar of the Lubyanka and placed in chains. General Rokossovsky in 1940 was incarcerated in the Lubyanka and tortured by the NKVD by smashing all of his toes with a hammer, dislodging all of his teeth, breaking four of his ribs and subjecting him to two mock executions. Yet he never admitted to being a spy for Poland.

[canibezeroun]

Should have bought TiK in just for Stalingrad. From the German perspective, Stalingrad was a rail hub that would have allowed the Germans to cut off the Caucuses and bring in more material from home using coal.

[Everydayfunguy]

2:39 I also believe that Adeneaur had advocated for it as well as other German officials to distance themselves from the German Nazi and Imperial past.

2:51:38 as a condition for Austria to be unoccupied, in 1955, one of the conditions it had was that Austria had to be neutral. It also could never unite with Germany.

[rhvfd]

I wish there was more significant discussion of Stalin's actions from the Soviet Atom bomb to his death and a follow through "what if" of if Stalin lived to 1965 or so.

[matthelme]

Thank you for dispelling the myths. I love your channel .

[tomc]

Would you consider Wessex emerging into England through the trials and successes of Alfred the Great and his heirs (specifically two later heirs) as a similar story to Stalin' empire, as per Marcus's point at the very end?

[Odysseus]

You know when we think in terms of Hungry, Romania, Latvia, Finland and say the initial liberation of Ukraine, the Soviet land mass starts to shrinks real fast especially if Moscow is the goal.

I have to give it to Mannerheim though. The Finn’s never moved on Leningrad during Stalin’s most darkest of hours.

I get it, the failure of Barbarossa and Typhoon probably had a lot to do with Mannerheim’s caution and Germany’s need for those resources in the south and cutting the Volga supply route. But man the fact the Finn’s never crossed into Russian territory I think says a lot about Mannerheim.

Perhaps he was thinking about 39 when Hitler had to know the Finn’s were are on Stalins menu. Or perhaps Mannerheim was just pragmatic in his thinking.

This is why I do believe the original goal and necessity of taking Moscow or at least surrounding it on three sides would send a signal to axis allies.

From what I understand Finland and Spain were the only axis allies that were able to celebrate their heroes publicly after the war.

History doesn’t credit the Finns for not moving on Leningrad. I think it’s worth mentioning.

I really appreciate the work and expertise that this channel offers.

Cheers!

[davycrockett]

"Brief" and "Marcus" cannot exist in the same sentence

[daydays]

What 'primary' research have you sone for this? What are your qualifications? Do you read Russian?